Heating device.



M. WHEELER & E. M. BATES.

HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICATKON FILED JUNE 18'. I918. 1,297,281. Patented Mar. 11,1919.

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HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1913.

Patented Mar. 11,1919.

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MARY WHEELER AN D EDITHMAY BATES, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HEATING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MARY lVHEELER and EnrrnMAY Barns, itizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in thecounty of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new anduseful Improvements n Heating Devices, of which the following is a scification.

.his invention relates to heatin devices, particularly to electricallyoperated cookers, and has for its objectv the provision of a simpleelectrically operated cooker, so comstructed that bread may be quicklyand offectively toasted therein, chops and the like broiled andvegetables and other articles cooked, and which is furthermore providedwith certain compartments adapted for maintaining alticles warm and inproper condition for use as food.

An important object is lllO provision of a cooker of this character inwhich one of the heating coil supporting frames is so formed that itwill itself form a support for the .pans in which the articles to becooked are disposed.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character providedwith plurality of heating, coils with which may be associated aspecially constructed tray adapted to support slices of bread in avertical position adjacent the coils so that the bread may be toastedevenly and efliciently.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character inwhich several of the functions may be carried out at the same time.

A further object is the provision of a device of this character whichwill be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture. highlyetlicient and durable in use, and a general improvement of the. art.

\Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of constrlu-tion and arrangement. to behereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevatiouof the device with the front cover in placeFig. 2 is a similar view with the cover removed Fig. 3 is a. plan viewFig. 4 is a plan view with the upper pans removed Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view and Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed June 18, 1918.

Patented Mar. fl, 1919.

Serial No. 240,617.

Fig. 7 is a plan View of a tray which may be used for baking.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, the numeral 10 designatesthe outer casing of the device which is formed preferably rectangular inshape and which has an open top 11, a bottom '12, a back wall 13 and endwalls 14. The front of the casing is closed by a suitably hinged door 15provided with any preferred catch 16. The door 15 is provided with anopening 17 covered by a sheet of mica or isinglass 18 through which thecondition of articles disposed within the device may be asce 'tainedfrom time to time. Secured upon the inner sides of the end walls 14adjacent their lower portions are cleats 19 adapted to support a tray 20which extends entirely across the interior of the casing and which isprovided upon its top with a plurality of upright clip members 21between which slices of bread to be toasted may be disposed.

Disposed within the casing 10 at a point spaced below the top edgethereof is a horizontally disposed frame carrying convolutions 23 ofresistance wire and serving as a. heating member when electricity ispassed through the wire. This frame 22 not only performs the function ofsupp rting the convolutions of wire but also serves as a support for aplurality of pans 24 which are disposed thereupon and within whicharticles to be cooked are placed, the pans being provided with suitablelids or covers In place of using the pans 2+. we. may prefer to use thepan or tray 26 show 11 in Fig. 7, this pan being provided with aplurality of depressions in which muffins or cakes may be baked. In theevent that this pan is used, the top of the casing 10 is covered by asuitable plate 27 upon which a cc ifec pot or other receptacle may beplaced. In view of the fact that the heating coil formed by theconvolutions of wire upon the frame 22 might be insullicient toaccomplish an eliicient toasting of the bread carried by the tray 20, Weprovide auxiliary heating members which depend from the frame 22 andwhich c0mprise vertically disposed frames 28 carrying the convolutions29 of resistance wire. These fram s 28 are disposed at. the sides of theclips 21 and will serve 'to produce a sutliciently intense heat veryclose to the slices ill) or other articles may be properly held between.the clips 21 so that they ma be broiled.

The tworision. of the horizontally disposed tray divides the lowerportion of the easing it) into two emnpartments, the lower one ofwhirlr, 3:50. will serve as a warming oven in whieh mu be disposeddishes of food so that the food eontained therein will be kept at theproper temperature to render it most it for use.

it will be understood that the wire carried by the frame 2:2 may beeonneel'ed in series with the wires carried by the frames 28 or that thedifferent set of wiring may be in'w dependently used, this detailforming no part of the, present invention.

7 From the, foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will beapparent that we have thus provided a very simple and efiieient devicewhereby various cooking open ations may be carried out at the same time,

whereby food may oe merely kept warm and wherebf bread may beefiioiently toasted.

flaring thus described our invention we claim 1. An electric cookercomprising a easing, a liorizon'i'all; disposed heating frame there iisaid frame further serving as a support,

wlulaliii-j, of pans disposed upon said frame a d filling the upperportion of the casing, a p- .ahty vertically disposed frames dependingbelow said horizontal frame and rarrying heating wires. a removable trayarranged horizontally within the casing below said second named frames,and a plurality of supporting members carried by said tray between saidseeondhlamed frames.

2. An eleetrie rooker comprising a easing, a horizontally disposedheating fran'ie seeured adjaeent the upper portion thereof andextending; entirel) thereaeroiss. a plurality of vertieally disposedheating frames depending below said horizontal frame. a tray reniovablysecured within the casing adjacent the lower portion thereof andimmediately below said \ertieal frames. and a plurality of supportingmembers carried by said tray and disposed between said \ertieal frames.

3. An elertriueoolcer comprising a casin a tray remo\'abl mounted withinthe'lower portion of the easing and dividing the easing into twocompartments. a horizontally dis-

